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Shade  Tree  Division,  Department  of  Pai 
and  Public  Property,  Newar  : ,   ,  . 


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//  out  in  the  wet  a  friend  you  met, 
Do  you  think  you  would  know  his  silhouette? 
So  if  the  sun  you  would  like  to  shun 
'Neath  a  friendly  tree,  come  choose  which  one. 


This  Arbor  Day  Leaflet  is  presented  to  the  children  ef  Newark  that  they  may  learn 
to  lore  trees.  It  is  the  gift  of  the  Board  of  Education  and  the  Shade  Tree  Dfrwfcm, 
Department  of  Parks  and  Public  Property,  John  F.  Monahan,  Director. 


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IT  is  evident  from  the  cover  of  this  pamphlet  that 
we  do  not  need  all  that  a  photograph  tells  us  in 

order  to  recognize  our  friends.     A  silhouette  will  do. 

Now  trees  are  just  as  individual  as  you  and  I  are. 
Each  has  his  own  outline  and  features,  his  own  purpose 
and  duties. 

If  you  don't  believe  it,  look  at  these  silhouettes,  make 
up  your  mind  what  sort  of  fellow  each  represents  and  then 
read  what  the  poet  has  said  about  each  to  see  whether 
he  and  you  agree. 

So  much  for  the  character. 

As  to  uses: 

There  are  the  soldier  trees,  which  in  serried  ranks 
hold  together  and  protect  the  barren  sand  against  wind 
and  wave  until  it  begins  to  bear  living  plants.  Then  we 
have  the  willow  trees  in  league  with  the  land  to  hold  the 
banks  of  streams  against  the  rush  of  waters.  There  are 
also  the  doctor  and  red  cross  trees,  that  give  their  blossoms 
and  seed,  their  leaves  and  sap,  their  bark  and  root  for 
balm  and  medicine  and  refreshment.  There  are  worker 
trees,  that  work  together  in  the  great  forest  to  create  soil 
and  wood,  to  bottle  up  the  heat  and  light  of  the  sunbeam 
for  the  zero  days.  Then  we  also  have  the  policeman  trees, 
the  thorny  locust,  that  grow  the  wood  for  the  policeman's 
"billy,"  and  the  confectioner  trees,  that  make  the  sugar, 
and  the  restaurant  trees,  that  produce  food  and  drink  for 
all  mankind.  There  are  the  grey-robed  Senators — 
philosophers  and  statesmen — looking  haughtily  upon  the 
race  of  men  who  stay  upon  earth  but  seventy  years,  while 
they  remain  a  thousand. 

A  little  girl  in  the  woods  of  Wisconsin  has  this 
charming  entry  in  her  diary:  "I  felt  sad  inside.  I  went  to 
talk  things  over  with  my  chum,  Michael  Angelo  Sanzio 
Raphael.  He  is  that  most  tall  fir  tree  that  grows  just  back 
of  the  barn.  I  scooted  up  the  barn  door.  From  there 
I  climbed  on  to  the  lower  part  of  the  barn  roof.  Up 
there  I  took  a  long  look  at  the  world  about.  After,  I 
looked  in  four  straight  ways  and  four  corner  ways.  I 
said  a  little  prayer.  I  always  say  a  little  prayer  before  I 
jump  off  the  barn  into  the  arms  of  Michael  Angelo  Sanzio 
Raphael  *  *  *  Today  when  I  did  jump  I  did  land  right 
proper  in  that  fir  tree.     It  is  such  a  comfort  to  nestle  up 


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to  Michael  Angelo  Sanzio  Raphael  when  one  is  in  trouble. 
He  is  such  a  grand  tree.     He  has  an  understanding  souL" 

By  these  silhouettes  we  expect  to  introduce  you  to 
acquaintances  with  whom  you  may  become  intimate  in 
their  homes  out-of-doors.  "Mr.  Scholar,  Miss  Pupil, 
please  know  Miss  Tulip  and  Mr.  Oak." 

Really  to  know  these  folks  you  must  have:  A  pair 
of  eyes  that  see,  a  pair  of  hands  that  serve,  and  "an 
understanding  soul." 

Try  your  eyes  first.  Look  at  the  silhouettes  and 
read  their  names  in  the  pamphlet  you  hold.  Then  your 
teacher  will  hold  up  her  pamphlet,  covering  the  name 
on  each  page,  and  you  will  try  to  name  each  silhouette 
as  she  shows  it. 

An  "understanding  soul"  is  often  the  gift  of  God, 
like  a  genius  for  music,  or  a  love  of  your  fellow-men. 
But  it  may  be  cultivated  by  keeping  company  with  those 
who  have  it,  either  in  flesh  or  through  their  works. 

And  now  for  the  hands  that  serve: 

A  little  boy  was  asked,  "What  is  the  chief  end  of 
man?"  He  replied,  "Well,  the  feet  are  important,  but 
the  head  is  the  importantest."  Now  with  a  tree  it  is  just 
the  other  way — the  "importantest"  end  is  the  feet.  So 
the  most  important  thing  that  you  can  do  for  a  tree  is 
to  turn  chiropodist. 

The  tree's  roots  need  air  and  water.  The  tree  can- 
not get  these  unless  the  ground  surface  at  the  base  is 
left  unpaved  and  is  kept  loosened.  This  loosening  of 
the  soil  does  a  threefold  service  to  the  tree.  First,  it 
enables  the  air  to  get  to  the  roots.  Second,  it  lets  the 
rains  soak  in.  Third,  it  makes  the  soil  food  wholesome 
for  the  tree's  roots  to  absorb. 

Keep  the  ground  loosened.  You  cannot  do  more 
good  for  your  tree  in  any  other  way. 

Carl   Bannwart, 

Superintendent  Shad*  Tree  Division. 

The  artists  who  have  prepared  these  silhouettes  are  Grace  Norton  Rose, 
George  A.  King,  Walter  R.  MacPherson  and  Henry  Turner  Bailey.  The 
Beech,  Hemlock,  Pin  Oak  and  Lombard?  Poplar  were  drawn  by  Mrs.  Rasa', 
the  Tulip  and  Willow  by  Mr.  King  and  the  Norway  Maple  by  Mr. 
MacPherson.  All  these  were  done  expressly  for  the  children  ef  Newark, 
New  Jersey,  wider  the  direction  of  the  Shade  Tree  Division.  The  other 
drawings  are  from  Henry  Tomer  Bailey's  "Trees  in  Silhouette,**  used  with 
his  generous  permission. 


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Strong-handed,  broad-backed 
And  as  straight  as  thy  pines 

To  the  scheme  of  thy  hemisphere 
Shape  thy  designs. 


WHITE  PINE 


Of  all  of  nature's  children  in  the 
schoolroom  of  the  plants, 

The  most  studious  and  faithful 
are  the  trees. 


HICKORY 


The  leaves  like  fingers  tremulous 
To  seize  all  coolness  overhead, 
And  softly  waft  it  down  to  us. 

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See  f/ie  soft  green  willow  springing 
Where  the  waters  gently  pass. 


WEEPING  WILLOW 


This  tree  is  sacred  to  Christmas 
And  domestic  mirth. 


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There  is  rest  and  sweet  enchantment 
In  the  shadow  of  an  Elm. 


ELM 


From  burst  of  leaf  till  fall  of  leaf 
I  braid  deep  amplitudes  of  shade. 


NORWAY  MAPLE 


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And  he  sternly  looks  on  the  woods 
below,  As  conscious  of  his  might. 


PIN  OAK 


A  slender  tree  upon  the  height 
In  lonely  beauty  towers. 


LOMBARDY  POPLAR 


The  apple  tree  is  white  with  bloom, 
Through  spring  air  filters  soft  perfume. 


APPLE 


Thou  standest  as  proud  as  the 
queen  of  a  realm. 


TULIP 


With  his  gnarled  old  arms,  and  his 

iron  form, 
Majestic  in  the  wood. 


WHITE  OAK 


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The  dainty  ash  at  length  receives 
Her  dainty  garniture  of  leaves. 


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The  Venus   tree,  the  Queen  of  trees, 
Holds  up  her  long  hands  to  the  breeze, 
And  far  above  all  others  fair. 
Peeps  forth  from  out  her  soft  green  hair. 


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